Hi.
I have a mesh network mapped like this in a two storey house with a floor area of 50m2 (so far only upstairs):
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I am using efr32mg21 as the coordinator:
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In addition, instead of an internal antenna I use the antenna from the router on 2.4GHz.
This has improved the parameters a little, but as you can see the "bottom" does not fall off.
And now yes, my 4 nodes upstairs cannot see the fifth one which I test run downstairs, so the coordinator is placed on the ground floor, almost at the ceiling.
The distances between all the network elements are a few metres. Strangely enough, the nodes which are, for example, 40cm apart can indicate a worse LQI than those which are further away (I assume we are talking about those which have a wall to cross anyway).
I have the impression that packets have to go from the coordinator anyway and between other nodes they are not exchanged.
The question is whether it is somehow possible to check the route when sending a request?
In general I get the impression that the whole zigbee thing is one big scam, unless I've come across such grandfathered radio modules from a chinaman:
.
As for the software version it looks like this:
.
Can anyone comment with experience on how it looks with other modules and how stable such networks are?
What else can I configure to make this unfortunate mesh of mine work properly?
I have a mesh network mapped like this in a two storey house with a floor area of 50m2 (so far only upstairs):

I am using efr32mg21 as the coordinator:

In addition, instead of an internal antenna I use the antenna from the router on 2.4GHz.
This has improved the parameters a little, but as you can see the "bottom" does not fall off.
And now yes, my 4 nodes upstairs cannot see the fifth one which I test run downstairs, so the coordinator is placed on the ground floor, almost at the ceiling.
The distances between all the network elements are a few metres. Strangely enough, the nodes which are, for example, 40cm apart can indicate a worse LQI than those which are further away (I assume we are talking about those which have a wall to cross anyway).
I have the impression that packets have to go from the coordinator anyway and between other nodes they are not exchanged.
The question is whether it is somehow possible to check the route when sending a request?
In general I get the impression that the whole zigbee thing is one big scam, unless I've come across such grandfathered radio modules from a chinaman:

As for the software version it looks like this:

Can anyone comment with experience on how it looks with other modules and how stable such networks are?
What else can I configure to make this unfortunate mesh of mine work properly?